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After using your newfound super powers to defeat the most evil villains on the planet, what could you possibly do for an encore? 

After defeating their villain mentors, the Vindico, James, Hayden, Sam, Emily and Lana are finally ready to join the League of Heroes. But as their induction into the League draws near, they are framed by a group of rogue Heroes and given life sentences on the Perch.  Thunderbolt, the League’s leader, is the only one who can clear their names, but he is missing. To make matters worse, the Vindico are mysteriously let out of prison and a group of strange Shadow people start trailing the teens’ every move. Unsure of who to trust or where to go, the teens put their new skills to the test once more as they fight to save themselves—and their families—from an unknown foe. But how will they defeat an enemy they can not see?

School Library Journal called Wesley King "an author to watch," and now he follows up his darkly funny super hero debut, The Vindico, with this high-octane sequel, delivering even more humor and super-powered action.    

320 pages, Hardcover

First published June 27, 2013

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Wesley King

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The author of fourteen novels and counting, Wesley King has received over twenty literary awards and seen his books published worldwide, optioned for film and television, and translated into numerous languages. King is best known for his collaboration with Kobe Bryant on the #1 New York Times Bestselling Wizenard Series, as well as the Edgar Award-winning OCDaniel, which was also a Bank Street Best Book of the Year and Silver Birch winner. The follow-up, Sara and the Search for Normal, won both the Violet Downey and Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Awards. He also co-authored the YA romantic fiction novel Hello (from here) with New York Times bestselling author Chandler Baker. His next novel, Benny on the Case, will be released in April 2025. It is a JLG Gold Selection, has a Starred Review from PW and will be released simultaneously with an audiobook from Dreamscape. His adult debut novel is going to be announced soon.

He lives on a windy seaside bluff in Western Newfoundland, Canada.

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February 4, 2013
I loved the vindico and I'm so excited to read this! It comes out in June but I get to read it next week! Yay can't wait!
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26 reviews29 followers
August 21, 2013
Probably more of a 4-4.5, but I'm feeling generous. ;)

When trying to sum up why I love this book (and its predecessor, The Vindico), I finally came to an apt comparison: superhero movies. When they're done well, I love love LOVE superhero movies. "The Amazing Spider-Man," the "Iron Man" trilogy, "The Avengers..." (okay, DC, I loved Nolan's Batman movies too, but those aren't quite the same). And superhero movies like these are great because they have great characters, a nice blend of action and development, and quite a bit of humor. That's what reading these books is like. Nothing deep or literary or life-changing, but a hilarious fun ride nonetheless.

The Feros wasn't quite as good as The Vindico (by tiny margins) but it was definitely more relaxing. No more Hayden getting the snot beaten out of him with tree branches and Emily getting her heart broken. In the end, though, I'm not sure if that's a good thing or not because one of the strengths of The Vindico was how much empathy I had for the characters. That's still there, and I still love them, though, so it was a minor detail. I do wonder where the series will go from here.

These books would very easily make movies. Take note, Hollywood.

I need to buy my friend some chocolate or something for showing them to me. Definitely recommended, especially if you dig superheroes.

PS: Sometime I need to go through this book and write down every line Hayden said that made me crack up. I love him with all my fangirl soul.
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18 reviews
June 24, 2013
This book is better than the Vindico! It was amazing. If you are asking how I read it, Wesley King gave it to the librarians at The Festival of Trees (a reading program) and he signed it. My mom is a librarian, so she got to read it. But I took it and devoured it. It was an amazing book. Can't wait for the next one.
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13 reviews
June 30, 2013
When I finished reading The Vindico by Wesley King, I was so happy to find out that there was a sequel. This book was really good. I just didn't want to stop reading it. There are parts where you can get confused, but it all comes together. This book was really good, definitely a favorite.
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317 reviews32 followers
March 5, 2017
After using your newfound super powers to defeat the most evil villains on the planet, what could you possibly do for an encore?

Good question. Of course, let's just let them back out! With more bad guys!



I enjoyed The Vindico. It had just the right amount of humor and fun to entertain me. But The Feros did not; essentially, all the parts of the first book that bothered me were magnified, with some extra sprinkling of sadly inadequate plot.

The character voice that redeemed the first book is almost gone in the sequel: Emily just sounds like everyone else, everyone else sounds exactly like everyone else except Hayden, who just got more annoying. Seriously, I hate him now. Lana is stupid. Well, obviously, but for that reason in particular. The humor that existed in the first novel either decreased in quality or lost its effect. I don't think I even smiled.

Word choice is disappointingly bland. The Vindico appear to only be able to refer to the teens as "kids" or "protégés," and the term "idiot" gets thrown around a lot, especially coming from the mouths of serious grown-up leaders. I use the term "grown-up" because it seems to be how the narrator views everyone over the age of sixteen, as every adult appears to have the same personality. And terrible names.

Grammatical mistakes (especially omitted commas) pepper the dialogue, and the adult characters (Thunderbolt, Blue, the Flame) seem to exist only to infodump and sigh.

EVERYONE SIGHS SO OFTEN.

"James sighed and glanced at his friends Dennis and Pete for support."
"Lana sighed."
"Lana sighed."
"Emily just sighed and pulled him up again."
"She sighed, playing with one of the petals of a flower..."
"Emily sighed and shook her head."
"She walked into the kitchen and sighed."
"Sighing, Lana led them down..."
"...and she sighed inwardly as she joined the crowd."
"He sighed."
"James sighed deeply."
"He sighed."
"He sighed."
"He sighed."
"Blue sighed."
"Hayden sighed."
"Sighing, she went to try and wake up Blue."
"Finally, Hayden sighed deeply."
"She sighed."
"He dropped onto one of the couches, sighed, and planted his feet on a glass coffee table."
"He sighed."
"Sighing, Hayden traipsed out of the bathroom..."
"James sighed, and after a moment..."
"Hayden sighed."
"The Flame sighed."
"The Flame sighed deeply."
"He sighed again."
"...he asked, sighing."
"Everyone in the room stood up, except Hayden, who just sighed."
"Hayden sighed again and tiredly..."
"She sighed."
"'No, we can't,' he sighed..."
"The Torturer sighed."
"Hayden sighed."
"Then he sighed."
"James sighed."




I loved the first one, but I'm sorry, the sequel just can't match it. Now that it appears that the once-endearing puerility of the first novel might not be intentional, as I had assumed, I should probably restrain myself from editing my review...
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Author 1 book25 followers
August 2, 2013
Teenage super villains-turned-heroes James, Hayden, Lana, Emily, and Sam return in the sequel to The Vindico. The supervillains have all been locked up, and in just two months the teenagers will be allowed to join the League of Heroes. What could possibly go wrong before then? Everything, naturally. A new, shadowy group of villains seems to be hunting the teens; the League of Heroes has split in two; and once again each of the teens must decide what to do with the powers that were forced on them.
This is a good middle school boy book, especially with all the superhero movies coming out lately.
1 review
April 2, 2019
The Feros

This book is fantastic, it is action hero book that focuses on the main idea of teamwork and courage and how those two things will make you and the people around you more likely to succeed. Let me start with a brief summary of the novel.

It started off with the main characters from the previous book The Vindico trying to meet up for a reunion after 6 months of not seeing any of each other. The only exception being Emily and Hayden since they were the two kids that were abandoned by their parents to fend for themselves. The kids were reuniting after battling the villain group called the Vindico who had abducted them and forced them into a training program which granted them with outrageous abilities such as superhuman strength speed and telekinesis. The kids were supposed to be new recruits to the hero league after six months of probation in their home towns. When the kids tried to meet they were followed by mysterious figures who were later named The wraiths. As the story went on a few heroes sent to supervise the Feros attacked the kids which sent the children on a mission to find out what was really going on. After they stole the rogue hero's ship they went on searching for answers about what was happening in the midst of all this a villain group began to rise that under the noses of the Feros and the good heroes. Then while they were searching something happened that would turn the tides in the book, but to find out you will have to read the book.

Now let me speak about the 5 main characters in the book ill start with the leader of the Feros, James. James is the oldest out of all the kids and was also the first character introduced in the vindico. Being one of the kids abducted by the Vindico James was granted awesome power, his ability was super strength. He was also mentored by the muscle head of the Vindico Torturer. His power was one of the biggest things to look out for in this book since it is only now that he is reaching his full potential. Next up is my personal favorite, Hayden. Hayden is the sort of like the comedian of the group though he is arguably the most powerful. His personality is something that really helps glue the group together in harsh situations. Hayden was granted with the ability of telekinesis though he actually had the power naturally and it was only awakened by his mentor Leni. Now we have Lana is Hayden's girlfriend who has PTSD from what she did in the first book. Lana has superhuman agility and enhanced strength that is second in the group only to James. She was mentored by the bloodthirsty killer Avaria who beat her senseless when she didn't perform up to expectations. Now is Sam the youngest of the bunch who is just homesick even though he has the potential to defeat all of the Feros himself. He is a telepath with abilities that no super of the same power was ever able to accomplish such as shutting down an entire battalion of soldiers with just his min alone or when he controlled Gali one of the strongest heroes and made him clobber himself in the jaw. He was mentored by silver the only telepath in the entire vindico. Last but maybe least is Emily. Emily has no super powers so you may be wondering what's special about her than? I'll tell you what. She is an infamous hacker that was able to crack into the league's system and a feat like that is usually only done by groups of pros. She is also a weapon specialist and was trained with an assault rifle, an ion pistol, and many more weapons. She was trained by Rono like her he had no superpowers per se but his mind, which made him stand out to the vindico as an optimal target.

I would think that the recommended age groups for the book would be anywhere from 10-15. The book does feature some mature themes like violence and romance so keep clear from younger kids. Though I don't think that this kind of adventurous heroic themes would be interesting to most adults. Another reason I think it's directed at this age group is that the main characters are also teens with relatable problems such as stress from and family life.

The first book that came to mind when I was reading this book was definitely Loki’s Wolves. One huge similarity between the two stories is that the main is super-powered kids just one of them is superpowered kids that have the abilities from experiments and the other was that they were given the abilities of there ancestors which were Norse gods. Another thing is that they are both action and adventure so they both set out on journeys to solve there own mystery.

I would Definitely recommend this book to anyone who likes action adventure and mystery. The reason I enjoyed this book so much was that even when one subplot was solved there was always still room to infer. I also really liked the book because I can relate characters to kids I know and that makes you have a connection to the book and that connection makes you hold onto characters rather than just shrugging off their death. Overall this is probably my third favorite book series behind lord of the rings and the Blackwell Pages I really think you should read it.





1 review
March 29, 2019
The five kids, The Feros have been living normal lives well except for their super powers which they cant use. They have been waiting to be accepted into a superhero organization, the league, But when they they go to a reunion party at one of their friends houses they get arrested by rouge league members. Another super powered force has now emerged out of nowhere and is trying to take everything over. Their old mentors The Vindico are now out of jail and are trying to go after the kids. Worse of all the leader of the league is hiding out somewhere and they can't find him.

The main characters are very well described, James is a boy and has blonde hair and has big muscles because his super power is super strength. he has freckles and a rounded nose, Emily is a girl and has jet black hair and only wears black clothes she doesn't have a super power but she is very good with technology so she a a visor and a shoulder mount gun, Sam is a boy and has curly brown hair and is the youngest of the kids he can read people's minds to get information and persuade them to give him things but he doesn't do that because he is too kind, Lana is a girl and has long blonde hair and is dating Hayden another one of the main characters her super powers are agility so it gives her strength and speed, Hayden the last of the kids is a boy and has short spiked up brown hair he has the super power telekinesis so he can shoot projectiles at people and deflect things with a flick of his wrist.

The intended audience for this novel would probably be teenagers or pre-teens. This is because there is some romantic part in it and there is a lot of bloody fights and more things whit lots of talking which most kids don't like. It also is a novel so most kids might not want to read it.

The only other novel that i have read an that i can think of that is like this book is The Vindico, it is the prequel to this book and it is the only other book that i can think of.

I would definitely recommend this book it had lot of amazing parts and fights and well i like basically everything! Some of the parts were very well told like the league and the kids were in a fight and after it explained that they were all covered in ash and blood and other wounds very well. But in other situations it wasn't described as well like if a car flipped over it would only say "the car flipped over and went towards James" or something like that in one situation. that is it for my review.
1 review
March 29, 2019
The Feros is a sequel to the 2012 book named “The Vindico.” After the ruthless battle between the Teens and the Vindico the teens pulled out and Thunderbolt granted them a spot in the league but they had to wait around 6 months to fully join. In those 6 months, This book can either go in one path or another like if you thought the Feros would come out on top on every fight then your in for a rough ride.

The characters in this book are pretty cool because you have a jerk (Hayden) you have an antisocial kid (Sam) a popular girl (Lana) you had a personality of a skinny white boy (Sam) and another anti-social teen (Emily). I really like the change in these characters because Hayden was a real jerk but he is less of one now that he has met Lana but he still can be one. Sam was a shy kid and didn’t really like to talk to people. Lana was a popular teen and things haven’t changed much for her. Emily was isolated in her room but now she is more independent and loves what she does.

Overall this book can be very compelling to read at times but there are parts of the book where it can just feel like too much dialogue but most parts are exciting. In this book, friendships are crushed reunited and crushed. Enemies can change loved ones aren't safe. Most importantly expect the unexpected this book is full of changes in plot and you have to be able to read different points of perspective from the different people at different areas in the book.

This book is action, science fiction/ young adult fiction. I would recommend this book to people age 12 to 30. Because I don’t think people would enjoy this book as much once their adults because it's all superpowers and stuff and typically they would be reading bigger books about life story’s / biographies about people they liked as kids. In my opinion, this book for me is a 9.5 out of 10 just because some parts were boring but I really loved when the book goes into the action and the juicy parts that builds up the whole storyline and that is a lot of the 2nd half of the book. If you liked this review then most likely you would like this book.
1 review
March 27, 2019
The book Feros is the second book of a two book series. The book is about friendship. There are five friends that fight and learn how to solve problems together. In my opinion Feros is better than the first book the Vindico, not by a lot but there's little things that make it better. For me one of the small things were the characters because there were new characters introduced which added more action, witch added more problems and fight.


My favourite character in the book was Hayden, who is a prodigy from the Vindico. Hayden is a teenage boy and I like Hayden because his superpowers are awesome. Hayden can move things with his mind which I thought was really cool. The one character I really disliked was blue. I didn't like her because of her superpower, her superpower was spraying water out of her hands the only thing she’s good for is putting fire out and that's what firefighters are for. The Feros is similar to the Vindico because in the Feros the teenagers were fighting the Vindico which happened in the first book, but in the Feros there was more people that the kids fight against so I enjoyed reading about the new character in the second book.


The book is basically about teenage superheroes and villains, but the book is a bit more than just kids fighting villains. The kids fight for their lives while also trying to save other people. The best part in the book for me was when the kids were fighting the vindico again, it reminded me of the vindico.


The feros is a really good and so is the vindico. If you're looking for a book you you should read the vindico and the feros, it's a great series.



1 review
April 1, 2019
The Feros is about five teens with superpowers and are best friends. The Feros is a sequel to Vindico, it tells you what happened that got them the superpowers(they got kidnapped by the Vindico) and what there life was before The Feros.

They each have their own superpowers: James has Strength, Lana has Strength and agility or speed, Haiden has telekinesis, emily has no superpower but is very intelligent and very good with computers and technology, and Sam has telepathy.

These books are very good if you like this type of genre(science fiction or young adult nonfiction). Both books aren’t long or to short. The first book has a con that i noticed. Moving between perspectives to fast and even though its not bad its a little confusing and gets noticeable when reading it. I think for the first book(The Vindico) should of been a bit longer because when they talked about their life and what they looked like, some of their lives were short.( I mean Lana), I mean for me it wasn’t enough. Like Lana, her life wasn’t really explained in a way and only talked about how she was sexually assaulted and she was weak and she lied, that's all we know about her. But then we knew her father was having affair and that's really all i can remember about her life. But that's most of the cons in that book( The Vindico).

I'm talking about the Vindico because i'm talking about their lives before, so its easier to understand the Feros. I like the Feros a lot more because i like how when you read the book you notice that it wasn't like 2 years later, it was a couple months later!




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April 16, 2018
3 Stars
I didn't love this book as much as the last. I didn't really understand who the villain was and what exactly their goal was, so that was an issue for me. I also hated the whole James/Lana/Hayden love triangle. I don't mind a love triangle if it is written well (Stefan/Elena/Damon for example (Delena though)) but this was not written well. Clearly James and Lana would never happen like don't even try to fool me.

Overall, not a terrible book but the first book was better. It was kind of forgettable where as the first book will stick in my mind for longer.
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June 28, 2018
The Feros is the sequel to The Vindico. The five teens who were abducted and coerced into becoming villains, now have their chance to be heroes. What elevates this book above others about teen superhero teams is that this one causes the teens to not only solve the mystery and beat the opposition, but also to find out about what is important in life and who they really are. There is a depth here along with the action that makes this a very good book.
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438 reviews23 followers
September 4, 2018
Aaah~ there are so few YA books that deal with superheroes without treating them like overly broody OP beings that I really really want to add this into GRLs. Too bad it's too old. Plus has a minor flag that got my book tossed out of GRLs before.
49 reviews
October 21, 2021
Another great superhero book. A new and dangerous threat emerges that threatens both heroes and villains, which eventually forces them to team up in one epic and final clash. The drama and characters were great. A overall fun read.
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Author 21 books68 followers
April 17, 2018
3.5 stars. I saw the big reveal coming, but the characters are great. Also, I love anything superheroes and would gladly read more books in this series.
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March 12, 2023
This was a fantastic sequel, a lot happened, and it was so entertaining to read!
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August 29, 2013
So, I kind of wrestled with this one, guys. I'd been looking forward to "Feros" ever since I heard "Vindico" was getting a second book, but it feels like this book has a bit of middle book syndrome going on. Or so it felt to me. I feel like this one could have been a lot stronger, but King chose avenues where that just didn't happen. But that's okay, as this is a really solid sequel to the first book (and my standards can be ridiculous sometimes), and that certainly doesn't disappoint. If you liked "Vindico", definitely checkout life after with our heroes in "The Feros".

The biggest weakness in this book: even though we have a few different kinds of tension, the overall amount of tension in this book compared to book one has a huge dropoff to where it should be for a book two in a series. While I was quite pleased with the inter-group tension between all of our heroes (and within the League itself), I felt that the greater overall antagonist-driven tension could have been amped up a LOT more. As in, someone getting killed. That might have made the situation feel a lot more scary, and a lot more real. What did make me crack up was the fact that Thunderbolt can't seem to stay unkidnapped by someone for long, which is absolutely hilarious. But overall, I wish there'd been more outside tension, though the inside tension was good.

We do have the kids banding together, wanting to distinguish themselves from the League (and the Vindico), and there's a lot of in-fighting with crushes and who's dating whom, so there are some very typical contemporary YA elements to this book to balance out the supernatural. It really brought home the sense that these kids are trying to lead normal lives (just for two more months, until they can join the League - at least before everything goes totally fubar), be normal teens, and try to ignore what has happened to them at the hands of the Vindico for the last few months. That was really refreshing - you don't get many YA books that once kids are told they have powers, you see them struggle to keep things under wraps and really want that old, normal life back again.

However, another issue I had: we still don't get to see as much of the kids' powers as I would have liked. There was also the writing style to contend with - this still felt like a middle grade book, even though I know it's a YA book. Or it's supposed to be a YA book. I guess it's good in the sense that King has made his style accessible to older MG and young YA readers, but generally, I was hoping for a little upgrade in terms of storytelling that would really give this book a YA-feel to things. It also still feels like King can't quite decide if this is YA or MG - kind of an improvement compared to book one in the style department - but at the same time, I'm not sure if that's him, or that's the editor, or if it's both. Or neither. When you look at writing styles that conflict that way, it's hard to pinpoint where the problem may lie. It could be that the fact that this book is both plot and character-driven, but the balance between the two is off. Sometimes it's one more than the other, and that can make for a kind of confusing style within a story. If anything, for me it was a bit frustrating because I wanted King to pick one, or at least balance those two styles of writing.

In terms of outside antagonistic threats, I did love the idea of these phantom ghosts snatching away members of the League and the newly-formed Feros (our heroes' new team), quite literally from under their noses. I wish that tension had been amped up, as I said before, more than it was, but what we got was very satisfactory, enough to keep us on our toes. However, the problem of telling versus showing still remained within the writing, and while King has improved quite a bit in that department from book one, it still feels like he's telling us a lot rather than showing. But when he does show things, the sensory language is pretty awesome. I just want more of that in book three - if we're getting one. I loved all of the visuals we got, especially when the kids were showing off their powers (Hayden was the best in this area - can I have him? Please?), or using them against this phantom threat.

Overall? While it's still lacking in areas, this is still a very solid followup to book one, and should be given a read. "The Feros" is out now from Penguin in North America, so be sure to check it out when you get the chance!

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6 reviews
October 17, 2016
BANG! BANG! The sound of a metal door being knocked down filled the hallway as James busted in a door to one of the league's bases. The team flooded in then went to the computer. Emily hacked into it, then some robots rushed in and started shooting the team so Hayden put up an invisible shield to block the shots of the robots.
The characters in this book have great abilities. Hayden can move things with his mind, Lana has super agility, Sam can read people's minds and force them to do things, James is just basically a mini tank, and Emily is best of all because she holds the team together….just kidding she has a visor that can show thermal and night vision and heat signatures. Hayden went down to the shore of the lake and told a man sitting in a shed that he needed some canoes and the man got the canoes off the rack and then he went back to his shed, James lifted one canoe over his shoulder and carried it easily to the shore. While Hayden lifted the other canoes into the water with his mind. Moments later they saw a dark figure in the trees staring at them, Hayden used his mind to push the canoes to shore at that point Lana was already running after him she jumped over fallen trees and around tree stumps.
Throughout the story the characters prove that they can do great things.
The characters are running from the recently escaped vindico. The dark figure set the vindico free so they couple wipe the league, the feros, and themselves out. Then one of the characters were captured by the dark figures leader wanting to give her powers but she would never trade her friends for powers so she waited in the cell, until the dark figure brought her and himself to where the vindico had captured the families of the feros and were holding them hostage. Then the feros found the location of the vindico and their families and they started fighting the vindico and then one of the vindico members died in the fight and they all fell apart.
The topic of this book is five teens have to fight with their mentors to survive. As this book proves these characters can do amazing things mentally and physically. The characters powers allow them to survive the fights of their mentors. All the people who like action based books should read this.

50 reviews3 followers
June 24, 2013
Awesome superpowers. Check.

Nonstop action. Check.

Fun characters with witty dialog. Check.

A must buy book that anyone looking for an entertaining super powered book. Check.

I’m usually a sucker for a superhero book, but even I have my limits. If it doesn’t have strong relatable characters, the plot has holes, or its just plain bad writing then even I wont like it.

Luckily, none of these problems happen in this book.

In fact besides the nonstop action (who doesn’t like to see Hayden and James smash things), the strong characters were probably my favorite part of the book. Hayden, Sam, James, Lana, and Emily are likable, relatable, and strong willed protagonists. They will stop at nothing to protect each other, even fighting the league itself. So when Emily is abducted, the team is put to the test, fighting norms and supers alike in order to get her back.

In case you haven’t realized yet, I really liked The Feros. The Feros is full of fun and relatable characters, nonstop action, and tons of super powers. Not only that, but The Feros answers and confirms some of the questions readers were left with in Vindico. Who actually started the League? Who else has the ability to give super powers? Who is behind the dissension in the ranks in the League? If you have no idea what I’m talking about at all (or don’t know what the League is) then I’d recommend reading the first book in the series, The Vindico, before reading The Feros. But on the plus side The Vindico is a fun book that readers will truly enjoy.

All in all I fully recommend The Feros. It has action, super powers, and great characters. If you’re looking for a good summer read, then look no further.

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October 30, 2015
The book "The Feros" was one of the better books I've read in a while. Out of ten I would give it an 8. The reason I wouldn't give it a ten is because it never put me on the edge of my seat. Especially in a book where there is so much opportunity to create suspense, I would expect someone to die or something to play with my emotions. Basically in the first book a group of 5 teens are captured by super villains and given powers. After they escape and lock up the villains, the second book is about what happens when they escape and a third group joins the conflict. The teens end up joining the league of heroes or "the good guys". I think the theme King is trying to portray is that friendships can create something special in people. I think this because the. Book is about how the teens relationship is strong enough to work together to capture the worlds most powerful villains. I loved the book because I thought it was cool how teens were used to help the target audience of the book relate. I can relate because the book also talks about each teens personal life and what happens when their schools find out about their powers. The book got me thinking about what would happen in my own life. A character I really like was Hayden. He is the annoying humorous character. I liked him because even in the most serious situations ha was able to lighten up the mood. Also his mom left him and he lives alone so I really respect his ability to do so. The genre is a sci-fi type book and I think anyone who like fantasy would really enjoy it.
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November 16, 2013
I'm sorry if my rating is a bit low, but this book wasn't my cup of tea.
to start off, i usually don't like superhero books anyways, so it's not really all that personal. i mainly read them if they are hilarious, and even then, they're kinda iffy. i just found the feros to be pointlessly boring. the main characters seemed to waltz randomly around to multiple different sides of the US. also, the fact that the military was not involved shocked me, because, i don't care it it's 'superhero business', bombing is going to raise some questions. what annoyed me was that a lot of it seemed inconsequential.the petty fights between the vindico, the league, the feros (and i did not like that name) and the wraiths all seemed boring and pointless. also, what annoyed me was how easy some of this should have been. hello? sam and a number of others have freaking mind control. what not force some of the traitors in the league or even common law enforcement into avoiding them, or like, wipe their minds or something. and the whole 'dating thing' got on my nerves. i couldn't care less for any of the character's love lives and the fact that the subject was approached in pretty much every character kissed me off. enough is enough.
overall, not my favourite and at this point in time, i do to intend to read the third (if there is going too be one)
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September 25, 2013
Wesley King’s unlikely teen superheroes from the book “The Vindico” are back in the sequel “The Feros.”

James, Hayden, Sam, Emily, and Lana are only months away from being accepted into the League of Heroes. All they have to do is lay low and not use their powers, especially in Public. But when the team gets back together to just hang out for a bit, they throw a party at which they are ambushed and forced into using their powers. Now a group of rogue heroes are trying to arrest them, and they seem to be followed by shadows at every turn. Have the Vindico escaped their prison, or is there a new threat? Time will tell, but time and circumstance are not on their side. Their computer genius, Emily, has been kidnapped, and Sam, their telepath, is having his abilities blocked. This does not look like a battle that our teen heroes can win unless they get some help and fast.

King isn’t giving us classic literature. He is offering a comic book without pictures, and I feel he delivers. As usual the duo of James and Hayden is at times funny. The action, while at times predictable, is great and easy to follow. And he delivers a simple romance without having to delve much into sexual themes. This is a great book that should satisfy most middle school students.
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September 11, 2013
Even better than the first one. Once again, another amazing novel by Wesley King. The Feros is humorous, action-packed, supenseful, and has some pretty amazing twists. The 5 kids are nearly done waiting until they get to be in the league. It is a real struggle for each of them not to use their superpowers. But when one of the kids, Hayden (who really embodies King's humor) holds a reunion party, everyone goes to his house. But when the League attacks them, they run and manage to escape. But when these abnormally fast and strong shadow people abduct Emily, they hunt her down. This book has showed me so much. A closely knit group of friends get together, and another group tries to hurt them, but they stick together and escape. And when one of the friends is taken, they will do anything to hunt her down. It reminds me of the three musketeers, which I grew up loving. It's an all for one and one for all kind of thing going on. There is so much going on in the story, leading off from the last book, so when that ending comes around, it's a real wow moment.
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May 22, 2020
I know I read the book like a couple of months ago but can I just say that I think I liked the second book maybe more then the first book. Don’t get me wrong the first was awesome! However, with the second book I loved the whole revenge plot the villains wanted to do. I love when villains want revenge on the heroes(I’m weird) and that whole part where the heroes fight the villains at the end. Surprisingly enough I didn’t expect to be emotionally moved with the one villains backstory (forgot her name, sorry 😐) anyways, I was just so shocked that she was only a bad guy because she thought her husband had died. And then when they’re reunited again, he ends up being killed and in that moment I was going to throw some hands at the dude who killed him. I mean sure her husband did kill people and kidnapped one of the superheroes but still! After all these years she found him only for him to be killed! Sigh. Anyways, great book. Loved all of the action and humor and emotional heartbreak. Highly recommend.
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November 10, 2016
Feros by Wesley King. It is a book about kids who escaped the Vindego a group of villains kidnap them and made him super humans they were tortured and experimented on. They finally escaped and join the league of heroes before they join they have to wait. A week before they join the league of heroes they are framed by rogue heroes which then set some up for the fight of their life they have to find thunderbolt before it's too late.

Emma, Laura, James, and Hayden are in a fight of their lives will they survive them to go or will the crumble. Someone secretly let out the van to go in there now after these protégé superhumans well they fight or meter utterly demise.

I recommend this book to grades six through nine has very dark already and it is a tough read with big words and hard logic.
10 reviews
September 30, 2015
The Feros written by Wesley King is one of the best science fiction books I have ever read. It brings in kids with the coolest superpowers. The Feros takes place in a big city not far away from Captain Courage's Childhood home. The main characters in this book consist mainly of the kids who now obtain superpowers. Flare,Sinio, and other league members try to get the kids under their protection. Things do not go as planned though. Mysterious creatures that contain unnatural abilities spoil the plan leaving the league shattered. It is up to the children to find Thunderbolt and reunite the league. I rated this book 5 stars because it leaves you hanging on the edge of your seat to the very end. I highly recommend this book to anyone who is into science fiction.
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